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In Hylia's beautiful land, there dwelled one of the most beautiful and powerful figures who represented all of Hyrule's hope and wisdom. This person's name was Zelda. Respected more than ever, with her loyal knight by her side, they had both defeated the recurring plague of the land, Ganon with Link's outstanding bravery and Zelda's powerful, sealing, light magic.
Each champion of the Gerudo, Gorons, Rito, and Zora played their vital part in Ganon's fall, some more enthusiastic about it than the others. But, the result was still satisfying and even Revali, champion of the Rito, had to agree Link, the Hylian champion, had done a good job of finishing off Ganon while everyone else was caught very much off guard by the beast's cunning plan.
But, rebuilding of the beautiful kingdom would take some time and of course, even Link wouldn't know what to do if suddenly, their princess, who seemed to be the only one who knew what she was doing, disappeared, Nayru forbid. But, with the goddesses's cruel sense of humor, that's naturally what happened.
Zelda let out a quiet sigh as she gazed upon the ruins of her father's一no, her castle. With the help of the champions, they had managed to spread the word of the Calamity's defeat and all the people of Hyrule were suddenly released from the grip of fear.
With everyone out and about, she had gathered a reasonable amount of people to contribute their skills to restore the castle and in time, the kingdom, to it's former glory, maybe even beyond.
Her shoes padded softly on the cobblestone path leading towards the giant gates. Each step ached from her trek through the Zora's domain, and you could imagine her frustration when she found Vah Ruta working perfectly fine, thanks to Mipha's care. She decided not to dwell on those thoughts.
Zelda stopped at the big doors, she hadn't seen the inside of her castle after Ganon's death, but she knew if she entered, she would be filled with regret and want for what was once her beautiful home. She couldn't spend that much time in the castle, Link was waiting for her.
Quickly, she turned and ran back to where her horse was standing. She mounted and without sparing the castle a second look, she rode off into the oncoming twilight.
Riding a horse came naturally to her as much as using a hairbrush, plus her blue tunic she always wore when out of the castle made it easier. She pushed her white mare to a full gallop towards Hyrule Field where Link was setting up camp.
It had been a while since Link and her had camped out underneath the stars. Plus, with Link's mysterious wolf friend keeping watch all night, both of them could watch the night sky all they wanted. Her horse leaped over a rather large puddle, jolting her from her reverie.
She just noticed something glinting in the dying sun as she looked up. Zelda decided to take a closer look at it, after all, it was in her path anyway. As she neared it, however, her right hand started to glow and the familiar shape of the triforce settled on the back of her hand. Zelda frowned, was it warning her of something?
"Maybe I should bring Link with me," she muttered to herself.
But something told her to keep going, after all, she had very strong magic on her side. She finally arrived, but her horse was acting very strange. What caught her attention seemed to be a sphere, but half of it was stuck in the ground, therefore she only saw an odd, round lump.
Just as she stopped and dismounted, her horse suddenly bolted about fifty yards away. She scowled. Nothing seemed to be out of order, so she whipped out the sheikah slate, recently acquired from Link, and started taking pictures. She viewed them through the Hyrule Compendium and predictably, found no information on this mysterious item.
Just as the sun sank below the horizon, there was a silent moment where she was left left in darkness with a dull glow from her hand, but that moment didn't last long. Without warning, her right hand light up like the sun and she yelped and fell on her back.
The last thing she saw as she blacked out was a golden six-fingered hand.
"Grunkle STAAAAAN!," Mabel screeched as she jumped off the bus with Dipper following a little more slowly behind. She leaped straight at Stan and, thanks to his quick reflexes, caught her in his arms.
"Great, I get to deal with you two crazies during winter break, too? Jeez, your parents must really hate you." Grunkle Stan said in his usual, sarcastic manner. Then his expression lightened.
"It's great to see you two, though." He wrapped Dipper in a hug and grabbed their bags before throwing them in his car. Stanley and Stanford decided to take a break from their monster hunting and spend winter break at the Mystery Shack with the Pines twins.
Dipper didn't say much as they got got into Stan's car. Mabel, on the other hand, was spurting questions like Niagra Falls.
"Did we miss anything?" "Does Soos and Wendy look any different?" "Ford hasn't been hunting monsters in all his spare time, right?"
Stan waved off most of her questions. "Jeez kid, you'll see for yourself when we get there. No spoilers coming from me." He grinned at them through the rearview mirror. Dipper and Mabel returned the grinned and settled themselves by looking out the windows.
During the drive, Mabel was drifting off to sleep when Dipper asked, "Hey Stan, nothing big has happened while we were gone right?" Stan sighed and glanced at him.
"Well, nothing's happened," Dipper sighed in relief. "But, we're waiting in, well, the calm before the storm, kinda. Except we don't really know what the storm is. Ford's been all uptight so it can't be good." Dipper's eyes went wide.
"It's not Bill, right?" Stan laughed and waved Dipper's concerns off. "No," he reassured the teen, "Knowing Bill, he'd probably come with out with a bang. Besides, we got rid of that demon during the summer. But, our problem right now is trying to figure out what's coming and when. Ford will tell you more inside the Shack. C'mon you two, we're here."
Dipper shook Mabel awake and she slowly rubbed the sleep from her eyes. He sighed. Mabel was too excited to sleep last night and on the bus ride, naturally she would be out like a light. Apparently the three glasses of Mabel juice didn't help either.
By the time she stumbled out of the car, Stan and Dipper had already brought most of their luggage in. They wouldn't have packed so much if they knew what to expect from winter. California's winters were not too cold, in Oregon, it was a whole 'nother world.
The sun was out, by it was a weak, watery light. Mabel shivered under her thick wool sweater. "I'm already freezing in one of my thickest sweaters and it hasn't even snowed yet." She mumbled.
"C'mon Mabel! Soos is here and he's making hot chocolate!" Dipper called to her from the entrance of the Mystery Shack. Her expression immediately brightened, she took her suitcase from the back of the car, and charged towards the Shack.
Mabel dropped her suitcase in the attic where she and her brother used during the summer, and bolted down the stairs. She entered the kitchen to see Soos facing the other direction, making hot chocolate.
She stealthily crept up from behind and jumped. "MABEL BOMB!" She shrieked and landed on his back, wrapping him in a big hug. He craned his neck to look at her and chortled.
"Hey Mabel, dude," he greeted and handed her a steaming mug of the hot liquid once she slid off his back and giggled. "Thanks Soos. It's great to see you again."
With that, she giggled and sat down at the table downed the hot chocolate. Dipper joined her a little later, drinking in every detail of the building and all it's memories. Soos sat down with them and started catching up with them when Ford suddenly walked in.
Giving him the 'Mabel treatment' which everyone she saw received, she jumped on top in their Grunkle and hugged him, too. He laughed as he set her down.
"Greetings all of you," he turned to the Pines twins. "Well aren't you both a sight for sore eyes!" Mabel dramatically groaned, "It's been sooo long since we've been here, Ford." This time Dipper groaned, "Mabel we were gone for literally three and a half months. It's not that long." But, he was smiling, too.
Ford held his hand out to Dipper and he shook it. "Well, better get on my work," he started, "Oh, and um, tomorrow I've gotta explain some stuff to you." he grinned and left the room, leaving the three to contemplate his words.
"Anyways, you dudes better get some sleep, it's pretty late." Soos suggested. He picked up their now empty mugs and left to the kitchen. Mabel and Dipper made their way upstairs and changed into their pajamas before saying goodnight to Grunkle Stan.
Mabel turned off the light and jumped into her bed. Within minutes, she was asleep. Dipper stared at the old ceiling and wondered what kind of adventures he'd have this time around.
Without warning, the sky flashed a brilliant yellow light as if the sun decided to rise up again. But, as soon as it came, it was gone leaving a strange triangle pattern in the sky, but that soon disappeared as well, leaving Dipper very mystified and confused.
He looked over and saw Mabel was awakened by the blinding light. The exchanged looks and hopped out of bed to tell Grunkle Ford of this phenomenon.
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter, there's (hopefully) more to come!
~KindredShadow